A comprehensive look at life in the twentieth century complete with timelines and photos. Decades are broken down by art and architecture, books and literature, educational movements, fads and fashion, historic events and technology,...

Take a walk through this part of American history surrounding World War II. Each section includes cultural history of the time, with links pertaining to art and architecture, books and literature, education, fads and fashion, historic...

This activity was created by the Trench Brothers project in England which uses drama, music, and art to share stories of World War I's ethnic minority soldiers with British schools. In this lesson, students are asked to research what...

Monument commemorating the triumph of an Athenian citizen in music, Lysicrates. -Breasted, 1914

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduced students to the various parameters used in graphing the elementary sine function. Technology use is very heavy, as students are encouraged to graph different sinusoidal...

The sistrum was an Egyptian instrument of music, used in certain ceremonies by that people, and especially in the worship of Isis. - Anthon, 1891

A musical instrument, in the shape of two half globes, which were held one in each hand of the performer, and played by being struck against each other. The cymbal was a very ancient instrument, being used in the worship of Cybele,...

Roman Cornu. Brass instrument used by the Roman Armies to give orders in battle.

A sacred instrument in ancient Egypt used in dances and religious ceremonies.

An integrated geometry instructional activity on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students...

A controversial article from The Atlantic magazine suggesting that there is no evidence to show that using computers in schools improves either teaching or learning. Argues against cutting enriching programs in art and music to fund...

Spark Notes gives a brief overview of the 1950s from consumerism and conformity to poverty to youthful rebellion. A good review of this important decade in American history.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Louis Braille and the alphabet he created for blind people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This online tool is designed for teachers to create rubrics that correspond with project-based learning activities.

Musical leader and composer, born in Washington, D. C., in 1854. He developed remarkable talent for music in early life, being noted as a performer in theater orchestras when only twelve years of age.

Feature series on "The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music," traced partly through the story of an Indiana company that stopped making pianos and started cutting 78 rpm records using the talents of famous jazz musicians and others.

Coffin was an author of children's stories, mostly. His books include, Story of Liberty, Old Times in the Colonies, Building the Nation, Life of Garfield, Drum-Beat of the Nation, and Marching to Freedom.

An eminent German musical composer, born in Vienna, Austria, Jan. 31, 1797; died Nov. 19, 1828.

A Middle High German poet. He has a great talent for music, and held many court positions in Prague.

A musical critic and composer, born in Zwickau, Germany, June 8, 1810; died near Bonn, july 29, 1856.

A noted musical composer, born in Salzburg, Germany, Jan. 27, 1756; died Dec. 4, 1791.

A cart or wagon. It had commonly two wheels, but sometimes four, and it was then called the plaustrum majus. Besides the wheels and axle the plaustrum consisted of a strong pole (temo), to the hinder part of which was fastened a table of...

Born in Stockholm, she was noted for her singing voice from a very young age. When she was nine years old, her singing was overheard by a passerby, who the next day came with a music master and paid who had charge of Lind to give her up....

A German composer and pianist. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music.